9 months... and a few days

Nine months already. This guy is halarious.

He is getting into all sorts of trouble, now that he can move.

Plus, he's hungry all the time. There's not much he won't eat.

He has figured out how to use his walker to chase his sister. She has learned how to escape the wrath of the walkerfootram.

He is such a happy baby, usually smiling and talking away. Still no teeth, but dang, do we have dimples! He can crawl so fast. It's crazy. It's so stinkin' cute. Chelsea never really crawled on her hands and knees, so I'm getting a kick out of this.

Plus, he's been pulling himself to stand on furniture, in the bathtub and even using some of his toys. He tries to use Chelsea, but she gets mad and pushes him away.

Oh and stairs are his next mission, I think. He stands and tries to climb them for a good 20 minutes a day. I'm not sure what I'll do when he figures it out!

I can't believe how fast time is going... soon I'll be planning his first birthday. Ack!

Proud mama moment

Every day I become more and more amazed by this sweet little girl. Every day. I can't tell you how much joy she brings me (when she's not on the time out step, that is.)

She is so stinkin' smart too. The other day she was drawing me a picture and then she said. "Look at my lady, mom." I was so impressed!

It is recognizable! We have hair, eyes, nose, mouth, arms, legs and feet! I was so excited!!!

Lately she's been obsessed with her My Little Ponies. Today she discovered that they stick to the light fixture in the kitchen. She thought it was halarious.

Yes, she's wearing a tutu dress and yes she's sitting on the table. The toys are too small to keep on the floor because of Gavin crawling all over, so she gets to sit on the table to play.

Dodged that bullet...

So, tonight I went and got a puppy. Chris has been giving me those puppy dog eyes for a few days. His eyes light up when he's around a dog and Chelsea has been acting as a puppy constantly since we gave Maggie away.

So tonight I drove and picked up the cutest, most perfect puppy. She's adorable. She's cute and fluffy and she is a Bichon, just like our beloved Belle. She waddles when she walks and she's very cuddly. I wasn't sure if I was ready for a puppy, but sometimes, it's not about me. I knew my family would be ecstatic.

So I went and picked her up and talked to the lady for over an hour. I gathered the puppy's toys and blankets and food and brought her home. Chris got all lovey eyed and played with her for a few minutes and then said,

"I don't think we should get a puppy right now."


....


Are you kidding me?? But, since I was feeling it too, I phoned the lady and fumbled my way through a conversation and now, Chris is driving that cute, perfect puppy back home. We didn't want to deal with the puppy whining all night, or Chelsea seeing that puppy in the morning and wanting to keep her.

I'm a little sad, but mostly relieved. Now, we aren't going to talk about puppies for a while... a long while. I don't want this to happen again. I kind of like being dog free, but at the same time, dang! I hate sweeping my kitchen 5 times a day!

Real.

Had a rough day yesterday. I was feeling sorry for myself and was pretty cranky. It was not a good day. Chris only took a short lunch and then was only home for 20 minutes before having to leave for the evening. I had to leave my baby with the neighbours so I could sit in Urgent Care with a princess for an hour and a half. (Victory though, as we exited with a magical piece of paper.) Rather than focus on all that junk though, let's focus on the good things.

Good things!

- had a great weekend that ended with a swimming birthday party for my friend's little girl. Although it emphasized how much we miss grandma and grandpa's pool, we had a blast. Chelsea learned the valuable lesson of only jumping into the pool while wearing a lifejacket and Gavin just loved every second of it. Makes me so excited to celebrate C's birthday here in just over a month.

- Although not seeing any results on the scale (hence the me feeling sorry for myself) I do workout hard every day. My running is coming along great and I can't wait to run outside. I'm hoping to start this week. It was also a nice surprise to do a p90x workout that my husband said was super hard only to discover that it was easy for me. Chris was shocked. :) Thanks Turbo Jam and Jillian!

-so glad for friends who get me where I'm at and love on me.

- I am pretty proud of the gift I gave my friend's little girl. It's totally copied from what Heather gave me when my girl turned one, but I loved mine so much I had to make one for my friend. I am not a scrapbooking person and so it was a bit of a stretch for me, but I think it turned out great!

- G is officially crawling on his hands and knees. It allows him to move faster in order to pull his sister's hair better.

- I'm taking on fewer and fewer cakes. I'm all booked for March and pretty much April and even have 4 in May already. I want to concentrate more on myself and my family and enjoying time outside while my matleave is quickly coming to an end.

- Feeling a lot of peace about a pretty major decision that Chris and I made last week. Major announcement about that coming soon. (Ha! You like that? That's right. You have to wait to find out.)

- loving my husband and how helpful he is. I realize that he's not the majority every time I read on someone's FB page that someone is excited because thier husband washed the floor or did dishes or laundry. Mine does things like this all the time and I am very thankful for this.

- good friends who laugh loudly at Boston Pizza.

- thankful I don't have to cook tonight as we're going to a friend's house tonight.

- Friends who love my kids almost as much as I do.

- pedicures. friend. Saturday night. Excited! 'nuff said.

- my dining room table. And the fact that it is covered with a little girl's idea of heaven. My Little Ponies, anyone?

- There is way more good that I could list, but one of the good things just woke up and needs some hugs and cuddles. Laters.

Say "Cheese!"

Here's the face we get when we ask her to smile. I'm not excited about her 3 year pictures if this is the smile we get.




And then there's this guy. I see this face a million times a day. A big, silent, eyes closed, head thrown back, melt your heart grin.




(And yes, he's wearing a pink bib. Benefits of having an older sister.)

Busy, busy.

Too many hobbies.

I've just finished sewing a table runner and 8 placemats for my new table.

My beautiful fabric arrived from The Fabric Shoppe to start making Gavin his quilt.

I have 5 various cakes this week - 2 smash and 3 birthday.

I bought a cute little dresser thing from MCC on Saturday that I'm refinishing to put in my dining room.

I'm in the middle of making a really cool gift for someone's birthday. This one is a little out of my comfort zone, but I'm loving it!

And on an unrelated note, now that the carpet is gone, G can easily run his walker around the house. He found the bathroom, of course!















Reminds me of when this girl discovered the same thing!















Happy Monday all!